"They liked my hair blonde for the show [Sex and the City], and I'm an extremely agreeable employee, so I do, generally speaking, what I'm asked. But eventually I thought, 'My hair should be darker.' So, I convinced Michael Patrick [King, the show's executive producer]. I felt more substantial with darker hair, I felt people took me more seriously. I think, sadly, it really is true."

"That dress I loved. Mr. de la Renta made it for me, and it was a fantasy, it was a souffle. I love pink. I'm a cliché, I'm a pink lover, what are you going to do? It's a great color, and I actually think it looks good on just about everybody in the whole world."

"I was getting an award that night, and I was too anxiety-ridden about the whole thing. I couldn't pick one designer because I would feel bad—'How can I pick one designer on this night? I'll feel terrible about those I didn't pick.' So, the solution was to pick a vintage American designer. I generally don't wear that color because I feel like, 'Oh, that's a color for powerful women. Women who are ambitious wear red.'"

2006: at the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

"That was maybe the most nervous I've been on any red carpet. I just wanted Mr. McQueen to be happy with my hair and makeup. He could not have been more meticulous and disciplined about getting that dress to be exactly what he wanted it to be. He made it for me, came in for all the fittings, flew in from London. And he wore a kilt, the matching plaid." Did he wear underwear? "As far as I recall, he did not."

2006: With Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton and Matthew Broderick at an Art Opening for Broderick's Late Mother, Patricia, New York City

"I am friendly with Huma [Abedin], who is Senator Clinton's right hand. I invited Huma because we wanted to invite everybody we could so that people would know about Patsy's work. We chose not to invite the Clintons so as not to burden them. I didn't want to be one more person to ask for the senator or the president. Like, 'Oh, God, we have to find a way to say no to those guys.' And then we got this message: 'Well, Senator and President Clinton are on their way.' I was like, 'What?!' And the next thing we knew, they were in the room!"

2007: at the Launch of Her Steve & Barry's Clothing Line, Bitten, New York City

"There's not one meeting that I've not been at, ever, for anything. I just couldn't do things that way. It's not my style. I'm not able to delegate, and I don't think I should. If I'm going to do something, I should do it. Because I feel like if it weren't for the show, I would never have these opportunities, so I feel indebted to the women I'm selling to. It's for them."

In the upcoming movie Smart People, Parker plays a doctor with a crush on Quaid: "My character has a kind of unpleasant darkness in that movie, a bleak outlook...it was different from anything anyone had asked me to do."